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May 10, 2010

G33: Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 6

After Victor Martinez drove in two quick runs in the first -- Lewis had thrown only nine pitches -- Lackey allowed the first six batters to reach in the second. Then Boston sent ten men to the plate in the home half of the second, six of whom walked (including four of the first five and five of the first seven).

A two-run dong by Jose Bautista in the fifth brought Toronto to within one, but the Sox pitchers allowed only one baserunner after that. Lackey (6-8-6-3-6, 95) retired the next four, Hideki Okajima pitched a perfect seventh, Daniel Bard issued a one-out walk in the eighth, and Jonathan Papelbon kept the ball in the infield for a 1-2-3 ninth.

More good news: The Tigers beat the Yankees 5-4 and the Angels beat the Rays 5-4 in 11 innings.

Lackey has pitched seven innings in each of his last three starts, allowing 3, 3 and 1 runs. ... Boston is 2.5 GB the third-place Jays. Both teams are 12-8 over their last 20 games.

Buster Olney, in yesterday's ESPN Insider column: "I'd be stunned if Ortiz finishes the month on the Boston roster." I no longer subscribe to Insider, so I don't know if Olney offered any reason/anonymous source/etc. ... Flo is hitting .286/.333/.762 this month, with 3 taters.

Red Sox team totals, AL ranking among 14 teams:

Batting:1st in H, 2nd in SLG, 3rd in RS & OBP, 4th in BB

Pitching:14th in RA, 13th in HR, 12th in H, 10th in BB & WHIP

Mike Cameron begins a rehab assignment tonight as Pawtucket's DH. He will play center field tomorrow and meet with Sox staff on Wednesday.

My body feels good. It's been responding to back-to-back days of constant pounding. Other than like general soreness, I've got to let it go. ... I need to go see where I'm at ... I just have to be brutally honest with myself and brutally honest with the staff.

Adrian Beltre wore non-prescription glasses last night to protect his eyes from the cold (47 degrees) and wind (20 mph to RF).

My eyes are really sensitive, and every time it's windy, I can't see. ... It was the first time I've ever worn them. Ever. I've had them for many years ... but I never had the guts to use them ... I'll probably use them more often.

That's amazing. Never had the guts? I was initially embarrassed to wear my glasses to school back in 6th or 7th grade, but why would a 13-year MLB vet (who plays at the "hot corner") be hesitant to make sure his vision was not blurry during games? Is protecting your eyes against something as innocuous as wind unmanly?

173 comments:

Laura asked a question on her blog recently (more musing "out loud" than anything) and someone from Citizenship and Immigration Canada called my work number and left a message answering her question. She had not contacted CIC in any way.

This is all that the Olney column mentioned regarding Ortiz. No sources are listed regarding Ortiz's status, it seems to just be based on personal opinion and reaction of others. If Flo keeps up the recent current pace (May), I don't think they'd cut him or move him. Here's hoping:

"Sox making tough front-office decisions easier

The Boston Red Sox are 1-8 against the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays, after getting blasted on Saturday, and now are seven games behind New York and 7½ behind Tampa Bay in the American League East. It's way too early to say that they are done, but they are certainly in deep, and the terrible start could make it easier to make some tough decisions. If David Ortiz were hitting under .200 and the Red Sox were hanging in the race, well, releasing him would be a tough call. Demoting Tim Wakefield into the bullpen would also be a tough call. But now GM Theo Epstein can act aggressively, and rightly, with an eye on the big picture -- 2011 and beyond.

In a weird way, Boston's problems are liberating for the Red Sox front office. Epstein can make moves, such as the pursuit of Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, aimed to improve the Red Sox for now, but also to reconstruct the team for next year. Look, the Yankees took a step back in 2008, refusing to swap prospects in order to save what was a lost season, and keeping Phil Hughes turned out to be the smart play, and similarly, Boston should not overreact and spend resources on moves that will only help in 2010.

maybe Beltre has the same feeling about wearing non-prescription glasses that he does about wearing a cup while playing the hot corner...that man is a catastrophic (at least to watch) waiting to happen! lol!

And I was in 7th grade when glasses were prescribed, and it took me until after college to admit that I needed to wear them all the time, not just to drive and watch TV. But I was not trying to play baseball.

My son and I are headed to Chicago in June. He is going to see MGMT in concert and I wouldn't let my 17 year old go to Chicago alone. "What could go wrong" he said. Anyway, I'm going to a Cubs game on a Friday afternoon. Any suggestions of where I should sit? I will be by myself.

We changed the channel during the commercial. Revenge of the Sith is on. I've never seen in. Holy moly the acting is bad! I walked out of Episode I after a few minutes of Jar-Jar Binks and couldn't take my memory of the original trilogy being tarnished anymore. This one isn't helping.

Annakin was just emotionally expressing his turn to the dark side. Geez. The "Waiting for Guffman" community theater group would be better. Just shameful. I will relish the geekery of my youth. Go Tron!

I think the problem with a lot of big-budget special-effects moviemaking is that they plan the set pieces out first. Then they try to fine tune character and story around that. The director and stars of the first Iron Man said so plainly. They said they had to go through many shooting iterations of the characters actually interacting until they got it right, but I don't think Lucas left room for that.

I have to say - I think the 1st 3 Star Wars movies were every bit as good as the next 3 are bad. I liked them so much that I could watch the next 3 just to follow the story. Unfortunately they didn't even do a good job fo filling in the storyline. I couldn't sit through any of those 3 again. The 1st 3 however.....

we saw the jarjar movie in the midst of a hellacious blackout in our nyc neighborhood. after 2+ days of no electricity, the subways started working again.

we (we had two friends from london staying with us...) went down to the upper west side to see the movie, knowing the theater would be nice and chilly with AC. coming out of the subway i remember being surprised by the working traffic lights. they actually looked foreign!

the movie sucked, but the theater was cold -- and that was far far more important.

Gotta get - there's a cold beer or 4 waiting at the bar and the boys in the band are probably firing up as we speak. Really wanted to see a couple more runs ere I parted. Looking for dirty water when I return!

Up 4-1 going into the top of the 9th, but fuentes gives up a dong to aybar, but with two outs there's a guy on first when he walks zobrist, then eva doubles two runs in to tie it, pena gets hit, there's a wild pitch, then a third out.

Well the wind is such a female thing you know, the cradle of life... But wait a minute! The wind is like a spear, a projected force - so it's a masculine symbol. So now I don't know what to say. 'He got cuckold by the wind, what a wimp'? Or, 'He got bitch slapped by the wind, what a man!' Standing up to the wind and all.

On Rogers Broadcast tonight Buck Martinez was pronouncing his name with an accent on it's french root, Bel-Tre. Buck is anal and as well studied as anyone, he never gets anything wrong. He likely talked to Adrian and got the pronunciation.

So... because of that the wind is definitely male and Beltre is therefore an effeminate 3B. Just like Stephen Colbert. :)

P.S. Wondering also in what century the first gay baseball player is going to 'come out' and why it hasn't happened already. MLB is worse than the friggin' army that way.

Also, I understand they don't grow up until *after* their careers are over - or their hair goes gray, then they *have* to.)

Way cool. Saw the Yankkees lose at the bar. Saw the ticker score that said the Sox held on. Came home and was going to watch the FKR lose but fell asleep. At least they did anyway. Gaining ground.And I heard great music while all this was going on.Good day all around!

Buck is anal and as well studied as anyone, he never gets anything wrong. He likely talked to Adrian and got the pronunciation.

Did he also have a chat with David OR-tiz?

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I have issues with Orsillo/Remy (and can't stand our radio guys), but I truly feel sorry for any serious Jays fan saddled with Martinez/Tabler. Good god: Tabler -- Jays fans would get better analysis from a bowl of poutine.